George Bellows, Spring, Central Park
Hanna Jr., 1936.587 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
George Bellows

Spring, Central Park

1921

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
21.4 × 17.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-198697

Within the city’s many parks, people from different social classes could mingle and observe one another. Both the men and women in this print are dressed in fashionable attire, and yet it remains unclear if the groups are of the same social class. By 1921, clothing mimicking couture fashions could be purchased off the rack, and even working-class men could buy the “white collars” associated with businessmen. The two ladies appear unaffected by the men’s laughter and backward glances; unaccompanied, and apparently absorbed in conversation, they epitomized the increasing independence of young u…

Provenance

Hanna Jr., 1936.587

Registry history

  • 1921 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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